Grateful Dead Go to Nassau OK, so this is the...

OK, so this is the Dead's, what, 30,000th concert release in the past few years? Nonetheless, one of the things that has allowed this vault series to thrive is the high batting average of the shows.

"Go To Nassau" has fragments of two nights in Long Island, N.Y., a month after the tepid "Go To Heaven" studio album was released in April 1980.

The two-disc set features Jerry Garcia in tremendous form, which wouldn't always be the case over the next 15 years. Keyboardist Brent Mydland is new to the band and shows a thorough understanding of the machinations of what made the Dead the Dead.

"Go To Nassau" would be a perfectly viable concert release for just about any other band. But with the wealth of stunning discs already out there, this is recommended only for those who insist on having everything.